Bayonet.



G. PESIKAN.

BAYONET- APPLICATION I'ILED AUG-2|. I917.

1,249,476. Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

GEORGE PESIKAN, OF BALIPHTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

Barons-r.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

Application filed August 21,1917. Serial no. 187,492.

1n the usual manner to a rifle, and which in addition to functioning as a bayonet, is provided with means for holding a smokeproducing cartridge, whereby the bayonet,

or the gun to which the bayonet is attached,

will constitute smoke-producing holding means, enabling the placingof the gun or bayonet attached to the gun in such position that a'smoke screen will be provided, behind which the soldier will be shielded, whether he be digging a trench, or retreatin from a foe, as the case may be.

he invention involved herein comprises a socket or sleeve member of the usual form for attaching to a rifle or the like; it also comprises a stem which carries a knifeor the bayonet proper; it also comprises one or more prongs or holders through which smoke-producing cartridges are attached. All of this construction w ill be hereinafter more specifically describe and then particularly claimed, and in describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference will be employed to designate like parts throughout the different views, in which Figure 1 is aview, in side elevation showingian ordinary military rifle equipped with a ayonet constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an illustrative view showing a portion of the rifle mounted in a trench partiall dug, the bayonet carrying a cartridge or producing the smoke screen,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the bayonet constructed in accordance with this invention, and

Fig. 4 is a detail view partially in elevation and partially in sectlon, of a modified form of bayonet, the prongs being broken away.

In the drawings 5 represents a rifle to which the bayonet is adapted to be attached.

' or attaching member 6 of the usual bayonet lock type for aflixing to the end of'the barrel of the gun 5. This socket carries a somewhat S-shaped arm 7 at its extremity which is bent outwardly and extended to form a stem 8 that terminates in the bayonet knife 9.

Carried by the stem 8 near its inner end is a plurality of pointed prongs 10. Generally, three of these will be suflioient, and this is the number shown in the preferred form of construction. However this may be constructed as shown in Fig. 4 in which 8' indicates the stem, and 9 the prongs. In this construction four prongs are provided, each pair of prongs being formed from a single piece of material which is passed through an opening in the stem.

11 indicates a smoke-producing cartridge. In practice, I have formed this cartrid e of waste material, tar, and oil; obvious y it may be formed of any material capable of producing at volume of smoke when ignited, and do not wish to limit myself in any manner to the material of whichsuch cartridgeis, constructed.

When it is desired to dig a trench, it will be obvious that the soldier may lay his gun with the bayonet of this construction in front of the place where the trench is to be dug, ignite one or more cartridges, and thus produce a screen of smoke to shield him while working on the trench. Obviously, if he is interrupted in the trench di ging, the gun with bayonet attached is ready for instant use. Further, in making a charge with the gun equipped with a bayonet of this type, should 1t be necessary for the soldier to. retreat, it is only necessary to ignite one or more of the smoke-producing cartridges, to give him a screen of smoke which will shield him during such retreat. The prongs being well back of the bayonet, the eflectiveness of the latter is in no wise decreased when it is-necessary to use the same.

Should it be desired, the bayonet can be mounted ona short stick or post instead of on the gun, and the same stood on the ground in front of the point where it is desired to dig a trench.

While the constructions herein shown and described embody the principle of the'invention, it is to be-understood that the same may be changed and modified within the and formed at its outer end into a knife, and prongs carried by said stem.

2. A bayonet comprising an attaching member, a laterally positioned knife, and laterally positioned cartridge carrying I prongs.

, 3. A bayonet comprising an attaching member, a knife laterally ofi'set therefrom and lying in a plane parallel with the axis of the attaching member and a cartridge 15 carrying prong projecting from the shank of the knife and laterally spaced relative to the attaching member.

4;. A bayonet comprising an attaching member, an S-shaped extension projecting 20 laterally therefrom and terminating in a stem extending parallel with the axis of the attaching member, said stem carrying a knife, and a cartridge carrying prong carried by said stem.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE PESIKAN. 

